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  August 17, 2023FRA Makes Over $139 Million in Funds Available to Rural States to Improve Safety and Enhance Efficiency of Rail Infrastructure
    June 22, 2023Readout of Federal Railroad Administration Meeting with Labor Representatives in East Palestine, O.H.EAST PALESTINE, OH — On Monday, June 12, FRA Administrator Amit Bose and FRA Chief Safety Officer Karl Alexy traveled to East Palestine, Ohio, to meet with members and representatives from multiple unions to discuss ongoing U.S. Department of...
    June 12, 2023Readout of Federal Railroad Administration Meeting with Labor Representatives in East Palestine, O.H.
    June 5, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 63 Projects in 32 States That Will Help Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Rail Crossings in the U.S.*President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the first-ever dedicated grant program to help communities eliminate points where railroad tracks intersect with roads, which have blocked vehicle and...*
    June 5, 2023Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 63 Projects in 32 States That Will Help Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Rail Crossings in the U.S.
    May 12, 2023FRA Releases Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement*FRA looks to regional partnerships to help implement a new project alternative and ensure Union Station remains in sound fiscal condition*

On May 12, 2023, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) released a...
    May 12, 2023FRA Releases Washington Union Station Expansion Project Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement
    May 8, 2023Biden-Harris Administration, USDOT Make Funds Available Through New Program to Help States Advance Intercity Passenger Rail Development*Interstate Rail Compacts Program will help foster essential partnership agreements between states to develop passenger rail service*

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) today issued a Notice of Funding...
    May 8, 2023Biden-Harris Administration, USDOT Make Funds Available Through New Program to Help States Advance Intercity Passenger Rail Development
    May 1, 2023FRA Launches New Rail Safety Program*Funding From President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will support a wide range of basic and applied research with an emphasis on rail safety*

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Railroad...

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